Among the Living

The dead walk. Now the real battle for Seattle has begun. When a gas leak causes the National Guard to forcibly evacuate the neighborhood, Lester isn't going anywhere. The former dope pusher has a new clientele… the kind that require him to deal lead instead of drugs.

Zombie Road II: Bloodbath on the Blacktop

The people that tried to kill the world almost succeeded. They were fiendishly clever but they didn't take into account the vets, the truckers, and the two-fisted fighters who didn't know how to give up. Gunny and his band of survivors continue their journey along the Zombie Road, saving as many as they can along the way. They power through the undead hordes with their modified semi-trucks to beat the ticking clock of nuclear meltdowns.

Zombie Rules: Zombie Rules, Book 1

Rick, an aging Vietnam veteran, alcoholic, and prepper, convinces Zach Gunderson that the apocalypse is on the horizon. The two of them take refuge at a remote farm. As the zombie plague rages, they face a terrifying fight for survival. They soon learn, however, that the walking dead are not the only monsters.

Chaos Theory: Zombie Theories Series, Book 1

The world has fallen to a relentless enemy beyond reason or mercy. With no remorse they rend the planet with tooth and nail. One man stands against the scourge of death that consumes all. Teamed with a genius survivalist and a teenage girl, he must flee the teeming dead, the evils of humans left unchecked, and those that would seek to use him. His best weapon to stave off the horrors of this new world? His wit.

Zombie Fallout: Zero

Those who would seek a new world order have unleashed the most devastating virus onto mankind, and even they do not know the secrets hidden in their weapon. Follow along as Harry, a CDC scientist, races to figure out what exactly the virus is and how to stop it. It will be up to him and a group of marines led by Major Sanders to stop the zombie fallout before it ravages an unsuspecting world.

Gray: The Complete Collection

Pre-med student Coral is on vacation in Idaho when something terrible happens. The black cloud is followed by a wildfire and searing heat that lasts for days. She survives deep in a cave but emerges days later to find the world transformed, with blackened trees, an ash-filled sky, and no living creatures stirring - except for her. So begins her desperate journey to find water and food and other survivors...and the answer to the mystery of what happened.

Trudge: Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse, Book 1

As the first waves of injured bystanders, guardsmen, and rioters arrived at hospitals, it became apparent that a deadly new disease had been unleashed on the population. Whether the virus was naturally occurring or an escaped lab experiment, Cade hadn't a clue and wasn't especially concerned until he learned of its unprecedented virulence, unusual method of transference, and the fact that, according to the news, it brought the newly dead back to life, semi-mindless, and with an insatiable desire to feed on the flesh of the living.

The Undead: Part 1

A deadly infection spreads across Europe. The Undead series: a terrifying account of one man desperately struggling to survive this harrowing event day by day. Part one - days one to three. Howie is at home on a rare Friday night off work when an infection which has rapidly spread across Europe hits his hometown on the South Coast of England. Luck sees him through the first night when many others are taken down and infected, only to rise again as the undead.

Z-Risen 1: Outbreak and Z-Risen 2: Outcasts

When the USS McClusky (FFG-41) was overrun by the dead, Machinist Mate First Class Jackson Creed, and Marine Sergeant Joel "Cruze" Kelly, were forced to abandon the ship and take their chances in San Diego. Now they are stuck in a city that has been completely overrun with zombies, and as the days go by, they must range farther and farther away from "fortress" in their search for supplies. Relying on military training, guts, and pure force of will, the two of them will face a nightmare world that is intent on killing them one bite at a time. Contains books 1 and 2 of the Z-RISEN series.

The Remaining

In a steel-and-lead-encased bunker 20 feet below the basement level of his house, a soldier waits for his final orders. On the surface, a plague ravages the planet, infecting over 90% of the populace. The bacterium burrows through the brain, destroying all signs of humanity and leaving behind little more than base, prehistoric instincts. The infected turn into hyper-aggressive predators, with an insatiable desire to kill and feed. Someday soon, the soldier will have to open the hatch to his bunker, and step out into this new wasteland, to complete his mission....

Beneath the Skin: The Sam Hunter Case Files

Sam Hunter is a bit of an animal. He's a former Twin Cities cop who lost his badge because of excessive force. Abusive husbands, child molesters, and other lowlifes wound up looking like they'd been mauled by a dog...or a wolf. Now Sam's a low-rent PI in Philadelphia. He takes the kinds of cases no one wants. His clients are usually on the fringes of society. The kind who are prey for all manner of predators - human and otherwise.

Genesis: Arisen, Book 0.5

Tucked away in a high-tech Tactical Operations Center, inside an isolated safehouse in the Horn of Africa, sits Agency analyst Zack Altringham. He is Kenyan-born, Princeton-educated, badly burnt-out - and condemned by his language and cultural skills to a lifetime of fighting America's shadow counter-terror wars.

Day By Day Armageddon

In your hands is the handwritten journal depicting one man's struggle for survival. Trapped in the midst of global disaster, he must make decisions; choices that ultimately mean life, or the eternal curse to walk as one of them. Enter, if you will, into the world of the undead.

Green Fields: Incubation

All Dr. Brianna Lewis wants is a cup of coffee. Coffee to make slaving away in her cell culture lab at Green Fields Biotech a little more bearable on a Friday afternoon when everyone is home already. What she doesn't count on is a group of terrorists blowing up all the entrances to the building and taking her and a select few others hostage. Bree soon finds herself conflicted. Not only does she know their charismatic leader, she also starts to suspect that there is a lot more to this than the hunt for an illegal bioweapon....

The Apocalypse: The Undead World Novel 1 (Volume 1)

Greed, terrorism, and simple bad luck conspire to bring mankind to its knees as a viral infection spreads out of control, reducing those infected to undead horrors that feed upon the rest. It's a time of misery and death for most, however there are some who are lucky, some who are fast, and some who are just too damned tough to go down without a fight. This is their story.

Lycan Fallout: Rise of the Werewolf

The world of man was brought to its knees with the zombie apocalypse. A hundred and fifty years have passed since man clawed and climbed his way back from the brink of extinction. Civilization has rebooted, man has begun to rebuild, creating new communities and society. It is on this fragile new shaky ground that a threat worse than the scourge of the dead has sprung... Once again, one man finds himself once thrust into the forefront of a war he wants nothing to do with and seemingly cannot win.

Home - A Post Apocalyptic/Dystopian Adventure: The Traveler, Volume 1

Five years after a pneumonic plague killed two-thirds of the world's population, army veteran Marcus Battle is isolated. He's alone with his guns, his food, and the graves of his wife and child. Unaware of the chaos that's befallen everything outside of his central Texas ranch land, Marcus lives a Spartan life. If anyone steps onto his property, he shoots first and never asks questions. But when a woman in distress, chased by marauders, seeks asylum, Marcus has a decision to make.

Beyond the Barriers

The day the world ended, Erik Tragger escaped to the mountains. Cut off from civilization for five months, he returned to find a ruined city now ruled by the living dead. Tragger joins a group of survivors with a plan: make it to Portland where humanity is carving out a stronghold. But along the way they face opposition at every turn - the dead, rogue military forces, looters - and a new enemy more dangerous than any they have yet encountered. Among the stumbling, mindless zombies are... ghouls.

Mordacious: The City Series, Book 1

Sylvie Rossi has the loner thing down pat, with the exception of her best friend, Grace. But when the two are trapped in a hospital during the last gasp of a dying city, alone time is no longer an option. A nurse's offer of sanctuary promises Sylvie the supplies she needs to survive the zombies - it's the coexisting with people that might do her in. Eric Forrest will do whatever it takes to get into the dead city for his sister, including ending up dead himself. He's used to taking risks, but with every mile he travels death looks likelier.

White Flag of the Dead: White Flag of the Dead, Book 1: Zombie Survival Series

Millions died when the Enillo Virus swept the earth. Millions more were lost when the victims of the plague refused to stay dead, instead rising to slaughter and feed on those left alive. For survivors like John Talon and his son Jake, they are faced with a choice: Do they submit to the dead, raising the white flag of surrender? Or do they find the will to fight, to try and hang on to the last shreds of humanity?

My Life as a White Trash Zombie

Teenage delinquent Angel Crawford lives with her redneck father in the swamps of southern Louisiana. She's a high school dropout, addicted to drugs and alcohol, and has a police record a mile long. But when she's made into a zombie after a car crash, her addictions disappear, except for her all-consuming need to stay "alive".

Dark Recollections: Adrian's Undead Diary, Volume 1

For the first time, the Internet phenomenon is now in print! Beheading a zombie isn't easy in a world where you're more afraid of the living than the dead. Adrian Ring's simple life is thrown into chaos when the world is ripped apart by a plague of undead and legions of desperate survivors. Retreating to Auburn Lake Preparatory Academy, Adrian attempts to rescue friends and family on the way while dancing around his impending insanity over who and what he left behind, and evading maniac survivors.

Audible Editor Reviews

Mike, Kate, Grinder, and Lester are still living in the stadium where they have taken shelter from the masses of living dead. Kate is impatient with their inaction and jumps at the chance to join a rescue mission. Lester chooses to ignore reality by succumbing to drugs, while Mike tries to find the source of the virus, and in the process, discovers a possible way out of the city. Narrator David de Vries is an AudioFile Earphones Award winner, and his performance is easy and believable; he disappears within each character. De Vries particularly excels with the story's many action scenes, providing heart-jumping moments that listeners will not soon forget.

Publisher's Summary

Seattle is under siege by masses of living dead, and the military struggles to prevent the virus from spreading outside the city.

Kate is tired of sitting around. When she learns that a rescue mission is heading back into the chaos, she jumps at the chance to tag along and put her unique skill set and, more importantly, swords to use. Lester finds a new way to deal with the situation: ignore reality with drugs. When he manages to find himself threatened, he joins with an unlikely ally to take the fight to the dead.

Meanwhile, Mike makes use of his journalistic skills to find the source of the virus, in the process discovering a way to escape the city. Two mysterious words fuel his mad quest: Lazarus Black.

at the end of among the living, mike, erin, kate, and grinder are running towards the stadium through the hoards of undead. just as they're about to be overwhelmed, lester piles through the undead, halfway crashes, and ends up near mike and his group. as they hurriedly crowd into lester's suv, erin, mike's new love, gets ripped away as lester takes off. among the dead picks up a little after among the living ends. mike, kate, lester, and grinder are alive and safe in the stadium.

lester is a drug dealer and an addict. he escaped his house with a bunch of drugs and is constantly getting high. ok, i can understand that under the circumstances. angela's death haunts him, and he wants to kill all the deaders he can in revenge for killing the only girl he'd ever think of marrying. but what he wants most is a drink of rum. his drug induced haze has him jonesing for rum so he bolts from the stadium as there's a lull in the zombies attacking the gate. grinder chases after him b/c he feels obligated to save lester b/c he saved grinder at the end of book 1. that's kind of a stretch for grinder, who's suddenly become the selfless rock star. now, that an oxymoron. LOL outside the stadium, they run into another group hiding behind a chain link fense led by an annoying vietnam vet, named johnny lee miller. after a pissing contest, lester and him become friends over lester's drugs.

kate is a masochist and a serial killer. her dark half despises people, especially men, and enjoys tearing them apart after she's received her beating. kate volunteers to join a group of reservists, anders, anne, and mark who are going to venture back into the city to rescue anders' sister, kara. kate likes the new environment, where she can kill at will, but she starts losing control when she starts fanatasizing about having a real relationship with mark. something happens to kate that causes her to go bat s#!t crazy and totally loses sense of reality.

as kate's group heads to the office building to see if there are any survivors, that group's story is told. kara, shane, pete, and martha are part of a larger group who've been stuck in an office for 3 days, hoping for a rescue.

neil stays at the stadium, commenting on the deplorable situation. nelson, a reservist he met, tells him that the train will leave a 3 pm, and there's not enough room for everyone. he also tells neil that they haven't contained the outbreak to seattle, and the gov't is going to firebomb the city.

there are a couple of unrelated stories thrown in. marshall, his wife, amy, and their 6 kids are stuck in their apartment building. as they slowly start starving to death, marshall must venture out to find food for himself and his family. kind of a sad story.

while i liked the 1st book b/c of its "believability," LOL yes, i'm actually saying that about a zombie book, i think long stretches his characters past their stereotypical limits for the sake of action and character development.

the story ends with a weird cliffhanger where you aren't sure who has survived. so will i buy the next installment? yes, b/c i'm an avid zombie fan.

overall, an ok zombie novel. 2 1/2 stars. only hardcore zombie fans may want to add it to their collection. if you're new to the zombie genre, there are a lot of better books to read or listen to.

Good book. Typical and predictable. The story is set around several individuals (sadist, drug dealer, and a man who lost his son) whose path crosses several times throughout the book. Other characters are introduced as survival AMONG THE DEAD becomes dyer before the government launches a lethal gas bomb.

The book is well written. Character development is good. A few surprises along the way. Worth the credit!

Would you consider the audio edition of Among the Dead to be better than the print version?

I tend to prefer the audio version of any book due to the convenience and being able to enjoy them on the move!

What other book might you compare Among the Dead to and why?

Among the Dead is a great addition to the "Among" series and leaves you wanting more. I would suggest reading Among the Living first to better understand the characters.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The shocker for me was when Kate was captured and what was done to her, considering her background you knew it was going to be the point in which "the other" took over and dominated her character.

Any additional comments?

Tim Long in my opinion, is one of the top authors in the genre today. He spends time developing characters and develops back stories that connect you to them. It is a great follow up to Among the Living, all the main characters return and you get right back into the mix of things. He added some very interesting new characters that I enjoyed as well. Tim develops a story and doesn't just go for the rambling zombie. In Among the Dead he clearly defines why some zombies are quicker than others and I thought that was a great idea. There are some that hate and some that love the running zombie, Tim has found a great way to integrate both into his stories. I am absolutely hooked and I can't wait to revisit Lester, Grinder, Kate, and Mike in "Among the Ashes"

By the way would someone please turn this into an HBO series! Talk about a prefect concept for an HBO series, with the back stories this would be a no brainer!

Zombies Books in order: 1. We're Alive 2. Day By Day Armageddon 3. Roads Less Traveled Series 4. Alaskan Undead Apocalypse 5. World War Z 6. The Walking Dead 7. Rise Again 8. As the World Dies 9. Zombie Fallout

At the end of the first book the characters finally met up in the finale as they scrambled to the stadium. Wow, great, I better go get book two because now the real story is going to start with a group of survivors like regular zombie books. But no. Can't say that this book is a cliche. It again starts off real slow, and soon they all split up and the book becomes a jumble of non related series of short stories. At least no more (non essential) sex scenes this time.

Great that this book tries to be different, but its really hard to beat a winning formula.

Kate is the only cool character which you want to root for, but her schizophrenic personality leaves you disappointed because she isn't what you wanted her to be. In my previous review of the first book, I wrote that she was a bit like Dexter, but that was just from a few paragraphs in the beginning. Dexter has no feelings and takes no pleasure. Kate has a lot of emotions and more. She seems to be a mesh mash of nasty craziness. I don't know what real world psychiatric profile this author is trying to copy, but I am starting to think that he is making it up. I can understand her taking revenge on men, but mindless zombies are entirely different.

I thought this book had a star with Kate, but nope, every time she is a heroine, Timothy Long has to kill the mood and turn her into a monster. Ever see a painting where you thought you could appreciate the artistic value in it, but it's still damn ugly and you'd never hang that in your house? That's how the author paints Kate, and this book.

Good piece of writing in its individual isolated parts, but the over all story is crud.

I'll check out reviews of the next book, but don't think I'll invest further in the development of this story. Certainly not after the epilogue at the end of this one.

The first book was really good and the series had a lot of promise. This one was a started off with a lot of expectations but half way through, I realized it was not going to fulfill my expectations. With all of the great character development from book two, I had high hopes the primary characters would find each other and go on surviving together. However, what we get is the phyco "babe" as the main character. No matter how many times she has her bacon pulled out of the fire by others, she turns on them and kills them with no remorse. Time after time, she bests armed men with her sword because she is such an implausible bad ass.

What do you think your next listen will be?

I'm not sure but I know it won't be anything by Mr. Long.

Have you listened to any of David DeVries’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I have and enjoy his style.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Among the Dead?

I'd have probably killed off phyco babe by having her go down swinging her sword and getting overwhelmed by Zs. During trying times, it can bring out the best in folks. In her case, she remains a deeply disturbed woman who can never appreciate the efforts others have made to keep save her miserable life.

Any additional comments?

I would like to have seen the drug dealer and his woman survive and actually set up shop dealing lead, as promised. I thought they would be smarter than the rest and set up in an a weapons and ammo wholesaler warehouse or, abandoned National Guard armory and sell primo weapons and ammo and continue the good fight.